Attachment for cash-registers.



No. 789,281. I PATENTED MAY 9, 1905. J. E. H. HYDE.

ATTACHMENT FOR CASH REGISTERS.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 29, 1904.

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ATTACHMENT FOR CASH REGISTERS.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 29, 1904.

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PATENTED MAY 9, 1905. J. E. H. HYDE.

ATTACHMENT FOR CASH REGISTERS.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 29, 1904.

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IIH V I M III-mum .HIIIIIHIIIHIlllllwm UNITED STATES Patented May 9, 1905.

PATENT OFFICE.

ATTACHMENT FOR CASH-REGISTERS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N 0. 789,281, dated May 9, 1905.

Application filed April 29, 1904a Serial No. 205,452.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, JOHN EDMUND HINDoN HYDE, a citizen of the United States, residing in the city of New York, borough of Queens, and State of New York, (whose post-office address is No. 120 Broadway, borough of Manhattan, city of New York,)have invented a new and useful Improvement in Attachments for Gash-Registers, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to that class of cashregisters in which the indicator is operated by a key, so as to display to the purchaser the amount of the cash received from him and registered by the machine, and it is well known that it is desirable to attract the customers attention to the machine at the time that the amount of cash received from him is registered by the clerk or the receiver of the cash.

The object of my invention is to afford a device which shall attract the customers attention to the operation of the machine and the amount of cash registered.

My invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a front elevation of the machine, showing some of the keys, of which there may be as many as desired. Fig. 2 is a section of a side elevation. Fig. 3 is a rear View of the attachment with the casing of the machine partially removed. Fig. 4 shows the form and construction of the rods which display the cards at the sides of the exposed portion of the machine.

Similar figures of reference refer to similar parts throughout the several views.

Referring to Fig. 1, the keys 4 operate the machine. 18 is a card upon which the amount of purchase is indicated and which bears upon its upper edge the point 19 for the purpose hereinafter stated. 1 is the frame of the machine. 3 is a circular disk divided by lines Each key carries upon one of its sides a pawl 6, mounted upon a pin 7 and actuated by a spring 8 to impinge upon a stop-pin 8. The pawl 6 terminates at its outer extremity in the ear 9. The key 4: is held in its normal position by the spring 10, secured at its lower extremity to the rod 10. The outer extremity of the keys 4 terminate in the ears 11, which normally engage with the projections 12 upon the rods 13, these rods carrying upon their upper extremities the indicators 18. Sliding in the guides 13 14 are bell-cranks mounted upon the shaft 15, which terminate at their upper end in a U with terminals 16, that operate upon a rear stop or projection 12 upon each of the rods 13. The bell-crank lever 14; terminates at its anterior end in the projection 14 and is held in its normal position by the spring 17. The key-lever 4 carries at its posterior end the slotted rod 20, which engages at its slotted end with the rod 23 upon the bellcrank lever 21, mounted upon the shaft 22, and the other end of the bell-crank lever 21 terminates in the slot 24, which engages with the rod 25, attached to the anterior end of the rack 26, sliding in the guide 40. The rack 26 engages with the pinion 27, mounted upon the shaft of the toothed wheel 28, and this toothed wheel 28 engages with the rack-bar 29, which reciprocates in the guidesv 38 and 39. The upper end of the rack-bar 29 (see Fig. 3) terminates in a hinged joint 30, hinged at 32, which is held in normal position by the spring 31. The hinged joint 30 of the rack-bar 29, Fig. 3, impinges against a pin 34:, mounted upon a segmental cam 33, which carries at its outer extremity a prolongation or spur 33 and is preferably shod with rubber or other frictional material. The cam 33 revolves upon the shaft 36 within the guides 35. 37 is a washer placed upon the posterior side of the revolving disk 3, which is mounted upon the shaft 56, secured in the bearing and the washer 37 carries upon it a ring 37, composed of rubber or other frictional material, which engages with the outer segment 33 and its prolongation 33, so that by the latter it is caused to revolve through the action of the hinged rack-bar 29. The keys 4 also carry slotted rods 41, (shown in duplicate for two keys,)

which engage at their slotted ends with the lever 42 14, mounted upon a shaft 13, and which actuate at their inner end the detent 46, held in normal position by the spring 47, and this detent engages with the lug or projection 48, mounted upon the rear of the cash-drawer 53. 50 is a plunger secured upon the rod 19, carrying the traveling cylinder 70, bearing against the spring 51, which in turn bears against the elbow 52, so as to push the cashdrawer open when the keys are depressed.

In Fig. 4 is shown a construction adapted to operate those of the indicator -cards 18 which are displayed at either side of the machine, and in this construction the rod 13 has a flexible section 13, of rubber, or a spiral spring, or other suitable joint to translate the upright motion of the lower part of the rod 13 into a lateral motion at its upper extremity.

I have not shown in the drawings that portion of the cash-register which registers the amount of cash received, for this forms no part of my invention, and various of the forms of apparatus now in use may be used in connection with my machine.

The operation of my machine is as follows: One of the keys 4 is depressed by the operator, and this depression raises the indicatorcard 18, so that it displays the amount of the purchase to the purchaser and to the cashier, this card remaining displayed until another of the series of keys is depressed, whereupon its red is released and returns to its normal position and the card 18 drops out of sight, leaving the second one displayed to view. At the same time that the key lis depressed it actuates the rack-bar 29, through the rods and levers above described, so as to throw the segmental cam 33 over its center of gravity, whereupon this cam revolves and impinges against the frictional ring 37 and imparts an impulse of rotation to the disk 3, which continues to revolve until it comes to rest by friction in its bearings. Meantime the pin 34 upon the cam 33 strikes against the side of the hinged joint 30 and slides up over this in course of rotation of the cam until it again rests upon the top of the hinged joint 30 in readiness for a subsequent operation.

Of course it will be understood that I have only illustrated the mechanism for one of the series of keys and that each of the keys has a similar mechanism adapted thereto.

I dividethe face of the disk 3 into segments 2, and in each of these segments I place, by printing or by other suitable method, a picture or device of some kind, such as advertisements or mottoes or some figure or words which attract the attention of the customer, so that when this rotating disk comes to rest the point on the upper part of the price-indicating card will indicate a particular section of the rotating disk corresponding to the card indicating the amount of cash which has been registered.

Of course I do not limit myself to the precise construction of the mechanism for operating the rotating disk and the indicator-cards illustrated and described, for any equivalent mechanism may be substituted therefor.

Having thus described my invention, what I. claim is 1. In a cash-register, the combination of keys, a momentum rotatable dis1')laydisk, cash-indicating mechanism, and means tor rotating said disk by the operation of a key of the register, substantially as described.

2. In a cash-register, the combination of keys, amomentum rotatable display-diskhaving its face divided into segments, cash-indicating mechanism, and means for rotating said disk by the operation of a keyoi the register, substantially as described.

3. In a cash-register, the combination 01 keys, a momentum rotatable display-disk having its face divided into segments and a device upon each of said segments, cash-indicating mechanism, and means for rotating said disk by the operation of a key of the register, substantially as described.

I. In a cash-register, the combination 01, keys, cash-indicating mechanism, a rotatable display-disk, and a momentum -operating means whereby the operation of a key sets the indicator and rotates the disk a distance depending on its momentum, substantially as described.

5. In a cash-register, the combination ol, keys, cash-indicating mechanism, a rotatable display-disk divided into segments each segment having a device thereon, and a momen tum-operating means whereby the operation of a key sets the indicator and rotates the disk a distance depending on its momentum, substantially as described.

6. In a cash-register, the combination ol, keys, cash-indicating mechanism, a rotatable display disk, and a momentum operating means intermediate the keysand theindicator and display-disk whereby the operation of a key sets the indicator and rotates the disk a distance depending on its momentum, substantially as described.

7. In a cash-register, the combination of keys, cash-indicating mechanism, a rotatable display-disk divided into segments having a device thereon, and a momentum-o1)erating means intermediate the keys and the indicator and display-disk whereby the operation of a key sets the indicator and rotates the disk a distance depending on its momentum, substantially as described.

JOHN EDMUND lllNlIUN llYlHl.

\Vitnesses:

THOMAS H. BARRON, EDMUND ELLSWORTH Fnuun, Jr. 

